2001–02 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team

The 2001–02 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team represented the Marquette University in the 2001–02 season. Their head coach was Tom Crean. They received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Tulsa.

2001–02 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball
NCAA tournament, first round
ConferenceConference USA
Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
APNo. 12
Record26–7 (13–3 C-USA)
Head coach
Home arenaBradley Center
2001–02 Conference USA men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
American
No. 5 Cincinnati142 .875314  .886
No. 12 Marquette133 .813267  .788
Charlotte115 .6881812  .600
Saint Louis97 .5631516  .484
Louisville88 .5001913  .594
East Carolina511 .3131218  .400
DePaul214 .125919  .321
National
Memphis124 .750279  .750
Houston97 .5631815  .545
South Florida88 .5001913  .594
TCU610 .3751615  .516
UAB610 .3751317  .433
Tulane511 .3131415  .483
Southern Miss412 .2501017  .370
2002 Conference USA Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Roster

2001–02 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightWeightYearHometown
G 10 Travis Diener 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)175 lb (79 kg) Fr Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
G 4 Cordell Henry 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)160 lb (73 kg) Sr Chicago, Illinois
G 30 Ron Howard 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)170 lb (77 kg) Fr Chicago, Illinois
F 55 Robert Jackson 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)260 lb (118 kg) RS Sr Milwaukee, Wisconsin
C 5 Scott Merritt 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)245 lb (111 kg) So Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
F 40 Terry Sanders 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)225 lb (102 kg) So Milwaukee, Wisconsin
F 1 Todd Townsend 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)215 lb (98 kg) Fr Chicago, Illinois
G 3 Dwyane Wade 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)180 lb (82 kg) So Chicago, Illinois
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
November 17*
Loyola (IL) W 80–70  1–0
Bradley Center 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
November 18*
Chicago State W 102–49  2–0
Bradley Center 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
November 21*
vs. Tennessee
Great Alaska Shootout
W 85–74  3–0
Sullivan Arena 
Anchorage, Alaska
November 23*
vs. No. 20 Indiana
Great Alaska Shootout
W 50–49  4–0
Sullivan Arena 
Anchorage, Alaska
November 24*
vs. Gonzaga
Great Alaska Shootout
W 72–63  5–0
Sullivan Arena 
Anchorage, Alaska
November 30*
No. 23 Texas Southern W 76–40  6–0
Bradley Center 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
December 1*
No. 23 Sam Houston State W 77–58  7–0
Bradley Center 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
December 5*
No. 17 Dayton W 73–51  8–0
Bradley Center 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
December 8*
No. 17 Fordham W 79–55  9–0
Bradley Center 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
December 19*
No. 14 Arkansas-Pine Bluff W 100–49  10–0
Bradley Center 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
December 22*
No. 14 at Wisconsin L 73–86  10–1
Kohl Center 
Madison, Wisconsin
December 29*
No. 19 at No. 25 Wake Forest L 59–64  10–2
Lawrence Joel Coliseum 
Winston-Salem, NC
January 2*
No. 25 Morris Brown W 85–38  11–2
Bradley Center 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
January 5
No. 25 at Charlotte L 68–76  11–3
(0–1)
Dale F. Halton Arena 
Charlotte, NC
January 9
at Louisville W 75–71  12–3
(1–1)
Freedom Hall 
Louisville, Kentucky
January 12
Saint Louis W 61–53  13–3
(2–1)
Bradley Center 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
January 15
Alabama-Birmingham W 67–59  14–3
(3–1)
Bradley Center 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
January 19
at DePaul W 87–68  15–3
(4–1)
Allstate Arena 
Rosemont, Illinois
January 23
TCU W 83–72  16–3
(5–1)
Bradley Center 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
January 26
at Saint Louis W 55–38  17–3
(6–1)
Scottrade Center 
St. Louis, Missouri
January 29
at Tulane W 68–66  18–3
(7–1)
Avron B. Fogelman Arena 
New Orleans, Louisiana
February 2
Cincinnati W 74–60  19–3
(8–1)
Bradley Center 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
February 6
East Carolina W 70–58  20–3
(9–1)
Bradley Center 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
February 9
at Southern Mississippi W 72–58  21–3
(10–1)
Reed Green Coliseum 
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
February 16
Louisville W 75–63  22–3
(11–1)
Bradley Center 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
February 19
Charlotte W 66–52  23–3
(12–1)
Bradley Center 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
February 22
at Cincinnati L 62–63  23–4
(12–2)
Fifth Third Arena 
Cincinnati, Ohio
February 26
at East Carolina L 46–51  23–5
(12–3)
Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum 
Greenville, NC
March 1
DePaul W 72–53  24–5
(13–3)
Bradley Center 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Conference USA tournament
March 7
(2) No. 13 vs. (7) Louisville
Quarterfinal
W 84–76  25–5
Riverfront Coliseum 
Cincinnati, Ohio
March 8
(2) No. 13 vs. (6) Houston
Semifinal
W 85–73  26–5
Riverfront Coliseum 
Cincinnati, Ohio
March 9
(2) No. 13 vs. (1) No. 5 Cincinnati
Finals
L 63–77  26–6
Riverfront Coliseum 
Cincinnati, Ohio
NCAA tournament
March 14*
(5 E) No. 12 vs. (12 E) Tulsa
First Round
L 69–71  26–7
Edward Jones Dome 
St. Louis, Missouri
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
E=East.

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Rankings

References

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